Pocket construction



June 19, 1951 C. H. WENNERSTROM POCKET CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 29, 1949INVENTOR. fr 2 JY. Fernie/afirma,

Patented June 19, 1951 UHED STATES l Claim.

The invention relates to pockets for mens trousers and more particularlyto la safety pocket for preventing the loss of currency, coins, or otherobjects carried therein.

Currency and other objects are frequently lost from conventional trouserpockets when the wearer of the trousers is reclining or sitting in aninclined position. Attempts have been made to construct pockets havingmeans for catching coins or other objects that otherwise would be lost,but such pockets either are so restricted to prevent entrance of thefull hand to the bottom of the pocket, or else are characterized byother undesirable features, such as sub-pockets of limited capacity thatmake the pocket unduly expensive.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a safety pockethaving a capacious subpocket formed integrally therein.

Another object of this invention is to provide a safety pocket having aguard extending across the pocket chamber which does not prevent theentrance of the full hand to the bottom of the pocket.

A further object of this invention is to provide a safety pocket havinga guard extending across the pocket chamber, which guard also serves asa wall of a sub-pocket formed in said safety pocket.

A still further object of this invention is to Y produce a safety pocketthat is simply constructed, economically manufactured, and is eilicientin use.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent asthe following description proceeds and the features of novelty whichcharacterize this invention will be pointed outl with particularity inthe claim annexed to and forming part of this specification.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side View of a pair of trousers showing the location ofthe improved pocket in the trousers;

Figure 2 is a side View of the improved pocket;

Figure 3 is a View of the pocket blank;

Figure 4 is a. cross-sectional view of the edge stitching of the pocketblank taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional View of the inside folded edge of thepocket taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 2; and

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the closed edge of the pockettaken on the line 6 6 of Figure 3'.

Referring to Figure l of the kdrawing there is shown a pair of trousersE@ equipped with the novel pocket construction. The location of theimproved pocket II in the trousers Ill is shown in dotted lines. Thepocket mouth is designated by numeral I2.

Referring next to Figure 2, the pocket II is shown as having an insidefolded edge I3 which extends from the top to the bottom of the pocket. Atop edge Iii is shown at right angles to the inside folded edge I. Apair of mouth edges I5 and I6 extend downwardly vfrom the ends of thetop edge I 4. The ends of the top edge I Il intersect the top ends ofthe mouth edges I5 and I6 at corners il. 'I'he lower ends of the mouthedges I5 and I 5 are joined together at corner I8. These mouth edges I5and I6 also slope relative to the inside folded edge I3 so that thedistance between the corners I'! and the inside folded edge I3 isless-than the distance between the corner I 8 and the inside folded edgeI3.

The pocket II further has a closed edge I9 which meets the lower ends ofthe mouth edges I5 and I6 at corner I8. This closed edge I9 has aportion 2li which begins at the corner I8 of the pocket II and extendsdownwardly. Closed edge portion 2l] also extends outwardly relative to adownward projection of the straight mouth edges I5 and I6. This outwardpath of the closed edge I9 bulges relative to a downward projection ofthe mouth edges I5 and I creates an enlargement in the pocket II whichserves as a subpocket 24. It will be noted that the distance between theclosed edge portion 20 and the inside folded edge I3 is constantlyincreasing as one progresses downwardly from corner I8 along the upperpart of the edge I9. -The remaining portion of the closed edge I9 iscurved downwardly and inwardly toward the inside folded edge I3 andcontinues until the closed edge I9 joins the inside folded edge I3 atcorner 2 Ia.

A line of stitching 22 extends inwardly into the pocket II from thecorner I8 toward the corner 2Ia, as indicated by a dot-dash line inFigure 2. The inner end 23 of the line of stitching 22 preferablyextends no closer to the inside folded edge I3 than the distance betweencorners I7 and the inside folded edge I3.

The mouth edges of a pocket are usually parallel to the inside foldededge of the pocket. By limiting the distance that the line of stitching22 extends into the pocket II, an open portion between the inner end 23of the line of stitching 22 and the inside folded edge I3 is providedwhich preferably is at least as great as the distance between thecorners I1 of the mouth edges and the inner folded edge I3 of the pocketI I. This spacing of the inner end 23 of the line of stitching 22 fromthe inside folded edge I3 provides a passage to the bottom of the pocketII which preferably is at least as great as the passage through a fullrectangular pocket having a cross-section equal to the cross-section ofthe pocket II at its top edge.

The line of stitching 22 further cooperates with an opposed portion ofthe closed edge I9 to form therebetween the sub-pocket generallydesignated by the numeral 24. When the pocket I I is tilted so that themouth edges I5 and I5 of the pocket are facing downwardly, the line ofstitching 22 and the opposed portion of the closed edge I9 forms uprightsides of the sub-pocket 24. At the same time, the portion of the closededge I9 designated by the numeral 26 serves as the bottom edge of thesub-pocket 24. Since the pocket I I as shown in Figure 2 is inclined byrotating the pocket in a clockwise manner, the line of stitching 22 alsoserves to direct the contents of the pocket II into the sub-pocket 2dwhereby the contents are prevented from escaping through the mouth ofthe pocket II.

Referring to Figure 3, the pocket blank is shown as being symmetricalabout a vertical axis The edges of the blank are the straight top edgeI4, a pair of sloping side edges IE and Iii, and a curved lower regionedge generally designated by numeral 26. The curved lower region edgecomprises a pair of upper portions 2l and a pair of lower portions 2S.The upper portions 2l begin at the lower end of the side edges andextend downwardly. The upper portions 21 also extend outwardly relativeto a downward projection of the sloping side edges I5 and I3 so that thedistance between the upper portion 2'? and the vertical axis 25increases as one moves downwardly along the run of said upper portion2l. The lower portions 28 begin at the furthermost extended point of theupper portions 2'I. These lower portions 28 extend downwardly andinwardly toward the vertical axis 25 until they join each other at thevertical axis 25.

To form the pocket I I, the blank is folded about the axis 25 and theupper portions 2 and the lower portions 28 of the curved lower regionedge 26 of the pocket blank are stitched together to form the closededge I9 of the pocket II. The axis 25 of the blank coincides with theinside folded edge I3 of the pocket II.

Figure 4 is an enlarged view of the stitching at the edge of the blankshown in Figure 3. One set of stitches extends from the edge of theblank inwardly and is designated by the numeral 29. The other set ofstitches extends across the inside ends of the first set of stitches 29and is designated by the numeral 30. This stitching prevents anyunraveling of the material which forms the pocket. Figure 6 shows theway two stitched edges of the type shown in Figure 4 are joined togetherto form the closed edge I9 of the pocket II.

While there has been shown and described a particular embodiment of thisinvention, it will `be obvious to those skilled in the art that variouschanges and modifications may be made therein without departing from theinvention and, therefore, it is intended in the appended claims to coverall such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit andscope of the invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

A one-piece side pocket for mens trousers comprising a pair of opposedsingle thickness walls connected along a straight inside folded pocketedge, said opposed walls being formed with top edges, lateralsubstantially coincident mouth edges and a Closed edge, Said top edges,mouth edges and closed edge being joined, respectively. at the upper andlower corners of the mouth of said pocket, said mouth edges slopingrearwardly and said closed edge including an upper outwardly bulgingportion and a lower downwardly sloping portion forming the bottom ofsaid pocket, said walls being stitched together along a line extendingfrom the lower corner of said mouth toward the lower end of said foldededge and terminating at a point spaced from said folded edge bysubstantially the same distance as the upper corner of said mouth, saidline of stitching and said bulging portion of the closed edge deflning asub-pocket freely accessible to the hand and capable of catching pocketcontents when said contents would otherwise gravtate out through themouth of said pocket.

CARL H. WENNERSTROM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Re. 15,646 Wood July 10, 19231,122,636 Prendergast Dec. 29, 1914 1,494,067 DIorio May 13, 19241,496,683 Sternberg et al June 3, 1924 1,876,925 Heath Sept. 13, 1932

